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Thread: Three weeks in China - a quick reflection on pollution, the Olympics and Beijing/Shanghai

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[quote=YINDUFFY,305077]It was one year ago that we visited Beijing before moving on to Xinjiang. We went then to avoid the Olympic crush.  My wife worked in a Govt. bureau there from about 1984 to 1994 and she was frustrated at how crowded the city had become. With the crowds came the gridlocked traffic and trash mess. (Ah! China! I can smell it now!)
   My wife haggled a great deal on a bus trip to Badalang's Great wall but we had to fight the crowds again once there. 
    I shudder to think of how things are now that the Olympics are three weeks away. But maybe the campaigns to clean up have been working.  Maybe the roads will be better during the Olympics. Maybe there will be more busses and with the factories shut for the time the air will improve. 
    Regarding the Olympics, I read that the CEOs of a great many companies and corporations will be attending the Olympics. They want to show their faces and engender good will in China and not be embarrassed later when asked " Did you come to our Olympics?" when at business negotiations.
   These CEO's all expect to be treated like big shots and get good accomodations and seating at games. However, they won't all get the treatment they expect because so many will come. This is in addition to Political visitors.
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